Suspender-end loop



Oct. 9, 1928. 1,687,370

. J. R. LA VIGNE SUSPENDER END LOOP Filed June 29, 1927 Patented Oct. 9, 1928.

UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

JEROME n. LA views, or WATERBUBY, CoNNEoTiCUT, AssIeNoR TO 'WATERBURY BUCKLE 00., or WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

SUSPENDER-EN D LOOP.

Application filed June 29, 1927. Serial No. 202,180.

L My invention relates to animprovement in suspender-end loops, which is the name commonly applied to that feature of a. pair of suspenders which connects the webbing proper with the diverging non-elastic ends buttoned onto the trousers, the object being to provide a simple and attractive loop constructed with particular reference to over coming the objection of the sliding of the webbing in the loop under sidewise and slanting strains, without resorting to the teeth sometimes employed for the purpose but objectionable on account of their liability to chafe the webbing.

l/Vith these ends in view, my invention con sists in a Suspender-end loop having its top bar provided, upon its lower edge, with a restraining-offset extending nearly throughout the length of the said bar, parallel therewith, and formed at its ends with restrain ing-shoulders which are engaged with the webbing near the edges thereof, whereby the sidewise displacement of the webbing is restrained.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. l is a view in elevation of one form which a Suspender-end loop embodying my invention may assume;

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the loop piece of webbing partly as applied to a shown in section; I

Fig. 8 is a view thereof in vertical section on the line 33 of Fig. 2; and I Fig. 4 is a detached view in elevation of anotherform of my improved Suspenderend loop.

In carrying out my invention, as shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, I have shown a suspenderend loop struck from a single piece of' sheet-metal and having an. upper bar 5, an intermediate bar 6, and a'lower bar 7, these bars being parallel with each other and separated by parallel slots 8 and 9, the'webhing 10 being threaded through the former and the latter receiving the familiar suspender-ends (not shown). Upon the lower edge of the upper bar is produced a grippingsoffset 11 extending nearly throughout the length of the bar, having its edgepara-llel therewith and producing at its ends restraining-shoulders 12 which are undercut as shown, though this is not imperative. In

such case, a pocket 13 is formed between the ends of the offset and theadjacent portions of the lower edge of the upper bar for the reception of portions of the webbing which are drawn into one or the other of such pockets, accordingto the direction of the sidewise or slanting strain.

By the provision of Suspender-end loops with such a gripping offset as described, 1

the objectionable tendency of the webbing "to slide in one direction or the other and pucker and produce anything but a neat appearance is largely avoided, without recourse to the abrasive teeth which have heretofore been resorted to for the same purpose.

My improved Suspender-end loop is particularly effective when used in conjunction with webbing having selvage edges 14, as shown in the accompanying drawings, since these bulkier edges will readily sink into the pockets referred to.

The s'ngle-slot suspender-end loop 15.

shown in Fig. 4: has its upper bar providet with a corresponding gripp ng-edge l6,

shaped like the gripping-edge 11, with the single difference that it has square shoulders 17, instead of the undercut shoulders 12, their operation being substantially the same.

I claim: A'slieebmetal suspender-end loop having parallel upper and lower bars located in the same plane, a long narrow parallel slot be tween the said bars for the passage of the webbing, and a restraining-offset formed gaged by the angular shoulders at the respective ends of the said offset and prevented from sidewise dsplacementin the said slot, thus keeping the webbing centered with respect to the loop.

,In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification.

JEROME R. LA vIeNE. 

